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Flying High Again: Weekend Playlist by Super Doppler

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Every Friday night, RVA Mag brings you a lovely and wonderful playlist curated by Virginia’s most influential artists, musicians, and institutions.

This time around we’ve got an overstuffed selection of bangers from the men of Super Doppler, who recently released a self-titled LP full of the psychedelic power pop they’ve been regaling the Mid-Atlantic (and beyond) with for years now. Their playlist is sure to keep your spirits high throughout this hurricane-threatened weekend, giving us plenty of folk, psychedelic rock, garage punk, funk, alt-rock, yacht rock, metal, and more! You’ll be able to keep this one rolling for hours, and you’ll have a smile on your face the whole time.

Take wing, Virginia.

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The Real MVP: Weekend Playlist by Big B

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Every Friday night, RVA Mag brings you an excellent and essential playlist curated by Virginia’s most influential artists, musicians, and institutions.

This week’s playlist comes to us from up-and-coming Richmond rapper Big B, who just released his second album, My Life In Words, on all major streaming platforms earlier this month. He’ll be celebrating both the album’s release and his birthday at Gallery 5 on Saturday, August 31 (that’s tomorrow night!), in an extravaganza of hip hop music and comedy featuring performers like Ghxst, Muff-Man, $y G, Reggy Steel, and quite a few more!

In the meantime, he’s given us a playlist jam-packed with hip hop sounds perfect for blasting out of your stereo speakers this late summer weekend. From long-gone legends (2Pac, Notorious BIG) to today’s biggest stars (Kanye West, Pusha T) to a heaping helping of Richmond-based rap heavyweights (Michael Millions, Cole Hicks, Illa Styles, and more), this playlist is a great way to walk through Big B’s personal hall of fame.

Get that head-nod going, Virginia.

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Devil In My Veins: Weekend Playlist by BlackLiq

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Every Friday night, RVA Mag brings you an excellent and essential playlist curated by Virginia’s most influential artists, musicians, and institutions.

This week’s comes to us from BlackLiq, a man who has been making his mark on this city’s hip hop scene for a decade, both with his extensive back catalog of albums, mixtapes, and live freestyles, but also with his hip hop-oriented local radio shows, on which he brings the best of Richmond’s vibrant hip hop scene to a wider audience. Recent releases include a video for his latest state-of-the-city address, “RVA,” and Now Vol. 7, a new compilation of freestyles recorded live on air at WRIR as part of his Saturday night radio show, Hip Hop For The Rest Of Us.

Liq’s got plenty of hip hop for us all on this playlist of bangers, from classic artists like Ice-T, 2Pac, and Ol’ Dirty Bastard to gone-too-soon Richmond legend The Honorable Sleaze, plus his favorite guilty pleasure, Gucci Mane. Along the way you’ll get occasional dips into metal, funk, and classic rock, but this mix is mostly about the boom-bap — which is perfect for a sunny summer weekend in August.

Go hard, Virginia.

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Boogie Island: Weekend Playlist by Citrus City Records

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Every Friday night, RVA Mag brings you a lovely and wonderful playlist curated by Virginia’s most influential artists, musicians, and institutions.

This time, we’re bringing you a selection of bangers from Citrus City Records, whose continued work to bring the best underground sounds from Virginia and beyond to the masses of music fandom makes us happy to share a town and a music scene with them.

We’ve been stoked about Citrus City for a while now, and they’ve only continued to validate our love, so if you’ve missed out on what they have to offer, this playlist offers the perfect opportunity to get familiar. But this selection of tunes isn’t just about Richmond — it’ll take you around the world, from African funk to psychedelic Latin ballads and quite a bit more. It also brings things back to Virginia with some excellent selections from recent Citrus City releases; keep an eye out for those. You’re going to want to learn more in the very near future.

Drink your juice, Virginia.

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Don’t Pretend: Weekend Playlist by Mark Osborne of Slimehole

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Every Friday night, RVA Mag brings you an absolutely essential playlist curated by Virginia’s most influential artists, musicians, and institutions.

This week, our featured playlist comes from Slimehole founder Mark Osborne, who started his event promotion/tour booking/music consulting business a few years back when he was the talent buyer at the late, lamented Strange Matter. These days, he’s responsible for bringing to Richmond many of the best live music events this city sees on a week-to-week basis, at venues large and small, from the Broadberry to Wonderland and everything in-between. If you want to hear about good live music every single week, make sure you’re keeping up with Slimehole.

On this dreary summer weekend, Osborne has brought us a playlist that runs the gamut — everything from horror movie soundtracks to hard-hitting hip hop, from moody postpunk to raging metal, and more. All of it’s here, and it’s sure to brighten up your weekend.

Embrace the slime, Virginia.

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Boogie Down Delta: Weekend Playlist by Reinhold

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Every Friday night, RVA Mag brings you an absolutely essential playlist curated by Virginia’s most influential artists, musicians, and institutions.

This week, we’ve got a homegrown celebration of Richmond’s musical legacy, put together by Reinhold, a celebrated local DJ who also happens to be our fearless leader here at RVA Magazine. His work with Party Liberation Front and his legendary annual Wintry Mix have made him the toast of the city’s electronic scene, but he’s branching quite a bit farther out with this mix for a perfect Richmond summer weekend.

Reinhold made this mix for long days by the James River, and all the bonfire parties for these Southern, swampy nights. It focuses heavily on Richmond artists, featuring everything from Lamb Of God’s celebrated metal rage to the off-kilter indie pop of Sparklehorse and the drum n’ bass beats of Will Miles. For the full spectrum of music from right here in the River City, look no further than this killer mix.

It’s Boogie Down Delta time, where we pass the whisky to the right.  RVA all day, y’all.  

Dig deep, Virginia!

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